To drive a vehicle and navigate the streets of Latin American cities. In Mexico, manejar in rush hour traffic is a daily test of patience and survival skills.

A Quechua exclamation used in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia to express how cold it is. It's the instinctive shout when freezing air hits you and your body reacts before your brain does.

To talk about other people's lives, share their secrets, and dig into everyone else's business. Gossiping is the universal guilty pleasure — everyone does it, nobody admits it.

A warm blanket or comforter you wrap yourself in during cold nights. In Mexico, the cobija is practically a survival tool from November through February.